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. 2018 Jan 24;28(6):2474–2483. doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-5242-9

Table 2.

Area under the curve (AUC) for the prediction of spontaneous passage of a ureteral stone with different measurements — Subgrouped according to position in the ureter

Measures Upper stones Lower stones
4 weeks 20 weeks 4 weeks 20 weeks
AUC 95% CI AUC 95% CI AUC 95% CI AUC 95% CI
Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper
Length (aut) 0.89 0.81 0.97 0.89 0.83 0.95 0.80 0.70 0.89 0.81 0.71 0.92
Width (aut) 0.89 0.82 0.97 0.90 0.85 0.95 0.80 0.71 0.88 0.80 0.70 0.89
Area (aut) 0.87 0.78 0.96 0.91 0.87 0.96 0.75 0.65 0.86 0.80 0.72 0.89
Circumference (aut) 0.88 0.80 0.97 0.91 0.86 0.96 0.78 0.68 0.87 0.81 0.72 0.89
Volume (aut) 0.90 0.82 0.97 0.91 0.87 0.96 0.78 0.69 0.88 0.82 0.73 0.91
Surface (aut) 0.90 0.82 0.97 0.91 0.86 0.96 0.79 0.70 0.89 0.82 0.73 0.91
Length (manual) 0.89 0.81 0.97 0.89 0.83 0.95 0.79 0.69 0.88 0.83 0.73 0.92
Width (manual) 0.92 0.85 0.99 0.93 0.89 0.97 0.80 0.71 0.89 0.83 0.73 0.93

Length = Longest stone axis, width = largest diameter perpendicular to the long axis, area = cross-sectional area perpendicular to the long axis, circumference = circumference perpendicular to the long axis, volume = stone volume, surface = total surface area

(aut) = Automated 3D segmentation based measurement. (manual) = Mean of three readers manual estimations of stone size